16.6% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Australind · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Australind
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of parents providing unpaid childcare defines daily life in Australind. While many residents contribute to the community through volunteering, the most striking feature is that 33.4% of people care for children without pay, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of people volunteer their time, a figure that is about the same as the Western Australian average and a little above the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common here, with 33.4% of people caring for children unpaid, which is much higher than most areas. This is alongside 23.6% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure well above the state average.
11.3% ▲ +27.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.4% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
About 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Australind [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50039/australind/topic/community